Posted on 05/10/2013 3:30:27 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
Congresswoman and former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Ann Wagner (R-MO) appeared on The Dana Loesch show and placed the blame, of the stand down order to those that could have offered assistance to Americans under attack, on none other than Barack Obama.
Loesch asked Wagner, “Because you have been an ambassador, you have been overseas with similar responsibilities and similar missions – who gives such an order to stand down? Where does that come from?”
“The President of the United States,” the Missouri congresswoman affirmed.
As top diplomat in Libya Gregory Hicks testified to on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, “The Libyans that I talked to, and the Libyans and other Americans who were involved in the war have told me also, that Libyan revolutionaries were very cognizant of the impact that American and NATO airpower had with respect to their victory.”
“They are under no illusions that American and NATO airpower won that war for them,” Hicks continued. “And so, in my personal opinion, a fast mover flying over Benghazi at some point, you know, as soon as possible might very well have prevented some of the bad things that happened that night.”
He went on to add, “if we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced” — around 9:30 that night — “I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split. They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.”
In fact, Hicks suggested that the Libyans would have granted the US permission to fly their planes directly over their airspace. “If we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced. I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split. They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.”
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said that personnel “may not have arrived in time to save lives, but at the time the decision was made, the decision was wrong.”
Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a member of the committee also said that “military personnel were ready willing and able, and within proximity, but the Pentagon told them they had no authority and to stand down.”
I wrote back at the end of October of the reports coming out that there were calls for “military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Spectre gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights.”
We know from testimony this week that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s statement that “The U.S. military did not get involved during the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, last month because officials did not have enough information about what was going on before the attack was over” was not true. They did know. They knew in real time. There was no way they would not have known, but Panetta testified that Obama was simply absent on the night of the Benghazi attacks. In fact, the White House received several emails indicating what was going on and yet Obama would not authorize any help.
While Chris Stevens was appointed as a diplomat to Libya in 2007 under President George W. Bush, he was named ambassador under Barack Obama. Now stop and think about that for a moment. If Obama will just let one of his appointees, a U.S. ambassador, die at the hands of Islamists, how much do you think he cares about American citizens? I’m guessing not too much.
I totally agree, I think Valarie Jarret made all these decisions. We keep blaming Obama ... He is a figurehead that reads a TelePrompTer to communicate THEIR ideas to the low info voters. My money is on Jarrett while Obama slept through it.
..............In fact, Hicks suggested that the Libyans would have granted the US permission to fly their planes directly over their airspace...............
I don’t understand! If your US owned diplomatic facility, US “soil” is being attacked, why do you need Libyan authority to use their airspace to protect your property???
Seems to me that you tell the locals that you’re coming in: With three aircraft to complete the mission; and six aircraft to blow anything out of the sky that gets in our way, with many others on standby; you should be able to get your message through to the scumbags.
Just shows what a candy ass pussy Obama is. If he had any balls he would have sent the troops in, and given the possibility that the ambasador was was not murdered, he’d be crowing (along with the MSM) what a great CIC he is. If it blew up, he could just blame it on lousy timing, the military, etc. By letting the four Americans die, he just proved what a helium ballon he is.
To the RATs? Being a partisan democRAT, because they don't really like "our" country. They like to imagine the vision of their country.
German actor Curt Jurgens plays Gen. Gunther Blumentritt. The allies are landing in Normandy. He calls Hitler's headquarters and speaks to field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. He hangs up the phone and says: “Incredible. We are going to lose the war. The Fuhrer has taken a sleeping pill and cannot be disturbed.”
The parallels between “The Longest Day” and what happened after Obama’s 5:00 pm meeting with his administration big wigs about the Benghazi attack is very striking.
Ping for later ................................................................................................................................ FRegards
Maybe Ambassador Stevens could have been saved. Maybe he knew something and was not saved.
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